Five people have been injured after a bear went on a rampage through a town in Slovakia.

It comes just hours after a 31-year-old woman from Belarus died after being chased by a bear in the country’s Low Tatras mountain range.

The latest incident on Sunday, which happened in Liptovsky Mikulas, in the north of the country, left a 49-year-old woman with a shoulder injury and a 72-year-old man with a cut to his head.

A 10-year-old girl and two other adults suffered scratches and bruises, according to reports.

Officials have declared a state of emergency following the spate of attacks.

In a statement on Facebook, town officials said patrols were ongoing and that officers were using a night vision drone and camera traps to try to track the animal.

Patrols have been ordered to kill the bear if they spot it.

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In Friday evening’s incident, the female victim was walking with a 29-year-old man when they came across the bear.

The pair ran in opposite directions and later the woman’s body was discovered by a search dog at the bottom of a steep ravine.

It is unclear how she died, and whether she was killed by the bear or a fall.

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